python-mnemonic vs bitcoin-tool

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python-mnemonic		bitcoin-tool
	Project
70	Mentions	11
801	Stars	201
1.6%	Growth	-
6.8	Activity	1.8
4 months ago	Latest Commit	almost 3 years ago
Python	Language	C
MIT License	License	-

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python-mnemonic

Posts with mentions or reviews of python-mnemonic. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-06.

Need help understading BIP39
1 project | /r/cryptography | 10 Jul 2023

Yes. BIP39 defines a check word to ensure the previous words are correct. You can read the spec here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki
What happens if I lose my cold card device?
1 project | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 19 May 2023

ColdCard follows the BIP-39 standard for encoding the wallet's seed as a series of 24 words (a.k.a. "seed menmonic", sometimes called a recovery phrase). If you followed the instructions you were given when initializing it and you've stored your seed mnemonic safely in the real world (not digitally where it can be more easily discovered), you're fine. In the event you lose or damage your ColdCard, you can initialize a new wallet--ANY wallet that follows the BIP-39 standard, which is pretty universal these days--and the wallet will regenerate the same private keysthat your original ColdCard did, in the same order.
How to add a 25th word to your seed ?
1 project | /r/ledgerwallet | 14 May 2023
Question about wallet security
3 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 6 Apr 2023

... and BIP-39
If you broke your phone right now, could you still access your crypto?
1 project | /r/CryptoCurrency | 4 Apr 2023
Can the private key of a 24 word seed + passphrase be the same as of a different 24 word seed without passphrase?
2 projects | /r/ledgerwallet | 23 Mar 2023

Look-up "BIP32", "BIP39" and "BIP44", those will point you to documents describing precisely how seed phrases are converted into crypto keys.
is there a way to programmatically generate a wallet from a 12 word seed phrase that would give the same result in metamask?
2 projects | /r/ethdev | 9 Mar 2023

i think bip39 is what you want to look up.
Is my maths correct?
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 16 Feb 2023

Not correct See this: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki
Mentor Monday, January 23, 2023: Ask all your bitcoin questions!
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 23 Jan 2023
Technical Hardware wallet question
2 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 14 Jan 2023

bitcoin-tool

Posts with mentions or reviews of bitcoin-tool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-01.

How to generate your own Bitcoin address and Private key without using any third party tool?
3 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 1 Jun 2023

Download bitcoin-tool from https://github.com/matja/bitcoin-tool Compile it and follow the instructions
Accidentally sent LTC to a BTC address (starts with 3). I have the BTC private key. Can I recover my LTC?
2 projects | /r/litecoin | 25 Mar 2022

You can use bitcoin-tool to convert the key from Bitcoin WIF to hex, and then from hex to Litecoin WIF, then import into Electrum-ltc using p2wpkh-p2sh:T.... https://github.com/matja/bitcoin-tool
Step by step to create a bitcoin wallet address
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 16 Mar 2022

Obsolete, because it's not SegWit Try this: https://github.com/matja/bitcoin-tool
an OFFLINE program that converts Private keys to Public keys?
3 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 21 Oct 2021

cd /usr/local/src curl https://github.com/matja/bitcoin-tool/archive/refs/heads/master.zip -O -L unzip master.zip cd bitcoin-tool-master make test <-- this compiles and tests the app cp -iv bitcoin-tool /usr/local/bin/
I wrote a quick utility to convert hex format private keys to WIF format offline
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 9 Sep 2021

Also, https://github.com/matja/bitcoin-tool Written in a portable programming language
Question regarding 'owning your private key" via a hot wallet.
2 projects | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 4 Aug 2021

If you want to generate random keys, one at a time, and you have the knowledge and discipline to keep secure backup copies of all your keys, try bitcoin-tool https://github.com/matja/bitcoin-tool
Offline seedphrase generator
2 projects | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 29 Jul 2021

There's a non-deterministic key generation tool, but only for people who understand how to make key-set backups, and when to make a new backup https://github.com/matja/bitcoin-tool Not suitable for engraving on metal
How can I manually generate a Litecoin private/public key?
3 projects | /r/litecoin | 27 May 2021

For many years, I have used bitcoin-tool for one-off Litecoin keys https://github.com/matja/bitcoin-tool
Messing around with pybitcointools and bitaddress
1 project | /r/BitcoinBeginners | 3 Feb 2021

If you're using Linux, you might find this useful https://github.com/matja/bitcoin-tool
Two out of the top three paper wallet generation sites are dodgy (bitcoinpaperwallet.com & walletgenerator.net)
3 projects | /r/Bitcoin | 10 Jan 2021

I use bitcoin-tool https://github.com/matja/bitcoin-tool But the same questions apply. How do you trust the C code in bitcoin-tool? I think if bitcoin-tool gives the same result as one of the javascript wallet generators, the developers of the different apps are unlikely to be conspiring

What are some alternatives?

When comparing python-mnemonic and bitcoin-tool you can also consider the following projects:

bip39 - BIP-39 tools using Node and implemented in Coffeescript

pycoin - Python-based Bitcoin and alt-coin utility library.

bip39 - A web tool for converting BIP39 mnemonic codes

MyEtherWallet - MyEtherWallet (our friends call us MEW) is a free, client-side interface helping you interact with the Ethereum blockchain.

litecoin - Litecoin source tree

FinderOuter - Easy to use bitcoin recovery tool to fix damaged private key, mini-private key, address, BIP38 encrypted key, mnemonic (seed phrase), BIP-32 derivation path, Armory backups, recover passwords and more

seedpicker - Create your own BIP39 seed phrase, securely and transparently.

bitaddress.org - JavaScript Client-Side Bitcoin Wallet Generator

electrum - Electrum Bitcoin Wallet

python-hdwallet - Python-based library for the implementation of a hierarchical deterministic wallet generator for more than 140+ multiple cryptocurrencies.